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C. N. JACKSON.

LEDGER AND STATEMENT POSTING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED No.9. ma.

1,324.50@ Patend Dee. 9,1919.

V .JOHN DAMETRUG co. ,j

LOCO, TEX.

vwemm, mi Mm CHARLES-1v. reeksen, lor NEW Yoan, N. Y.

lLEI)Grl'lft AND STATEMENT POSTING MEANS.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenteanee. e, `1919.

Application led December 9, 1918. Serial No. 26558.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. JACKSON, a citizen of the United, Statesof America, residing at New York, N. Y., have invented a new and usefulLedger and Statement` Posting Means, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to certain improvements whereby the posting ofledger and statement is simultaneously effected, the objects of theinvention being to accomplish such results in a simple and effectivemanner which will be adaptable'to thev present day systemsofbookkeeping.

The invention lin brief consists of a carrier designed to support boththe ledger and statement sheets with a suitable-interposed transfermedium so that Ventries on the 1 ledger will be automaticallytransferred to the statement, provision being made for supporting thestatement in such adjusted posi'- tions on the carrier to suit thepreceding entries on the ledger.

The various features of the invention, advantages and methods of usewill become apparent as the specification proceeds and. will be clearfrom inspection of the accompanying drawing, wherein the invention isshown embodied in a practical commercial form.

In said drawing Figure 1, is a face view of the complete device, withthe corners of the sheet broken away to expose the sheets therebeneath.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the carrier element.

. Fig. 3, is a similar view of a typical form of statement sheet.

In the illustration 5 designates the ledger sheet which may be of thelform now employed in bookkeeping systems where the posting is done ontypewriting machines. This-ledger sheet differs however' from the usualledger sheet of such systems in that it is provided at the right handmargin thereof witha column 6 of suitable indices, suchas the numbersillustrated.

7 designates the statement sheet shown as conforming in general respectsto the usual monthly statement but diierin like the' led er sheet, inthat it is provi ed at the rig t hand margin and above the posting line8, with a column 9 of indicia forming a unit or multiple'of the longcolumn on the ledger sheet. In this particular illustration the, unitchosen is 10, the column of indicia on the statement sheet consistingtherefore of the numbers 1 to 10.

The carrier'is shown as made up of a backing 10 and a supporting sheet11, said supporting sheet being made fast at its upper edge to the upperedge portion of the backing and free from the backing for the balance ofits length. The backing is of the same apprommate size as the ledgersheet.v

The ledger sheet is supported on the face of the carrier by meansconsisting in the .illustratmn of a pocket 12 extending across theloweredge l portion of the backln and deslgned to receive the entire lower -ege of the ledger sheet and corner pockets 13 at the upper corners of thebacking to recei've the upperv corners of the ledger sheet to therebylock the ledger sheet in position on the carrier.l

Thestatement sheet vis held in various adjiustedv positions on thecarrier by folding' and insertingtheupper edge portion of the. .same inone of the slits 14 provided in the the back of theledger sheet and theface of l theQstatement sheet and secured for convenience along' itsupper edge tothe face of the supporting sheet 11.

As an illustration-of theuse ofthe device the last charge for thepreceding month is shovvnas entered on line 5 of the ledger sheet.Consequently the next-entry 'for the current month will be made on line6.` The new statement sheet should therefore be Ypositioned on thecarrier 'so that the head of the statement sheet will register .withline 6 on the ledger sheet. This registration -or collation isautomatically effected by folding the statement sheet on a linecorresponding with 5 in the index column thereof as indicated by the'dotted line 16 in Fig. 3 and then inserting this folded upper portion ofthe statement sheet in the upper slit of the carrier. rl`his conditionis illustrated in Fig. 1 from ,which it will be seen that .by thesesimple means the' statement sheet is accurately positioned on thecarrier so that the next entry thereon will appear at the head of thesheet.= lt the last entry on the ledger sheet were on. line l5 insteadoil on line o, the statement sheet would he lfolded asbefore, but inthis instance, would be engaged with the second slit on the carrierwhich, as before described, is spaced ten lines below the irstslit.Similarly il the last ledger entry Were on line 25, the statement,folded as before, would he engaged in the third slit or twenty linesbelow the rst slit. rl`hese simple means thus enable practicallyautomaticl registration oi the statement with. the ledger sheet.

The statement sheet may be of relatively light paper, such: ascustomarily employed. and the ledger sheet and carrier sheets may oe ofsomewhat heavier stock to stand the necessary Wear and tear, lont thestoclr is selected so that the device as a Whole, `while possessing acertain amount oi stidness to facilitate handling and iiling the same,will at the same time, be relatively iienihle so as to feed properlythrough the typevvriting machine. lt will be noted that the layers oilpaper are substantially equal throughout, which causes the device toleed evenly through the typewriting machine and insures uniform printingimpressions.

I claim 1. ln ledger and statement posting, a ledger sheet, a statementsheet, a carrier provided with a pocket for receiving and holding theledger sheet position thereon and With means for holding the statementsheet in various adjusted `positions `neneath the thus supported ledgersheet and means for electing the transfer ot an impression from theledger sheet to the statement sheet,

2. ln ledger and statement posting, a carrier provided with meansv `forsupporting statement sheet in various adjusted positions and with apocket for receiving and supporting a ledger sheet on the carrier overthe thus positioned statement sheet, said carrier further havingtransfer means for eiiecting the transfer of an impression from theledger sheet to the statement sheet.

3. In ledger and statement posting, a statement sheet, a carrier havinga plurality of slits spaced apart certain definite units of measurementand adapted to receive the statement sheet to support the same in suchvarious spaced positions on the carrier, a ledger sheet associated Withthe carrier and overlying the statement sheet, and means 'for edectingthe transfer of an impression from the ledger sheet to the statementsheet beneath the saine. A

ledger and statement posting, a ledger sheet, a carrier provided Withopposed pockets receiving opposite edge portions of the ledger sheet tothereby position and hold the ledger sheet on the iace of said carrier,a statement sheet, means for securing said statement sheet, in variousadjusted positions beneath the ledger sheet and a transfer sheetinterposed between the back of the ledger sheet and the face of thestatement sheet.

5i. ln ledger and statement posting, a statement sheet, a carrier havinga series orn slits arranged in certain denite spaced relation andadapted to receive the statement sheet to position the same in suchseveral definite locations on the carrier, a ledger sheet, means torsupporting-said ledger sheet in position on the carrier over thestatement sheet and means iior effecting the transfer of an impressionfrom the ledger sheet to the statement sheet 6. A combination like thatsetorth in claim 5, wherein the ledger sheet is provided with a columnof indicia, the spacing of the slits in the carrier is in the order of vcertain definite units of said columnand the statement sheet is providedwith a column of indicia equivalent to one ofsaid units of spacing. i

7. Combined ledger and statement posting means, comprising a ledgersheet, a statement sheet, a carrier having means for snpporting saidstatement sheet in various ad- `jnsted positions thereon, said carrierhaving a pocket extending across the lower edge thereof to receive thelower edge of the ledger sheet and corner pockets at the upper edgethereof to receive the upper corners oit said ledger sheet and means foreecting transl-er or impressions from the ledger sheet to theJstatement. sheet.

8. ln ledger and statement posting, a carrier having a series of slitsspaced in certain deiinite relation and adapted to receive a statementsheet to position the same in such various locations on the carrier, andtransfer means on the carrier for eecting the transfer oit an impressiontroni an overlying ledger sheet te' a statement sheetthus positioned onthe carrier.

CHARLES NE JACKSN.

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